# Football at the 1998 Asian Games

Football at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Thailand from 30 November to 19 December 1998. 24 countries participated in the football competition.
Iran won the men's gold medal with the skeleton of the team that played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France with addition of some new players. Iran won the goal medal defeating Kuwait in the final 2–0. China beat the host team Thailand 3–0 in the bronze medal match to finish third.
China won the women's competition after beating North Korea 1–0 after the extra time.

## Venues

| Bangkok | Bangkok | Bangkok | Chiang Mai | Pathum Thani | Pathum Thani |
| Rajamangala Stadium | Supachalasai Stadium | Thai-Japanese Stadium | 700th Anniversary Stadium | Thupatemi Stadium | Thammasat Stadium |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 6,600 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
| Suphanburi | Songkhla | Nakhon Sawan | Sisaket | Surat Thani | Trang |
| Suphanburi Stadium | Tinsulanon Stadium | Nakhon Sawan Stadium | Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium | Surat Thani Stadium | Trang Municipality Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 11,200 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,789 |
| BangkokPathum ThaniSuphanburiNakhon SawanSisaketSurat ThaniTrangSongkhlaChiang Mai ||||||

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary round | S | Second round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 16th Wed | 17th Thu | 18th Fri | 19th Sat |
| Men | P | P | P | P | P | P | | S | S | S | S | S | S | | ¼ | | ½ | | | F |
| Women | | | | | | | | P | P | P | P | P | P | | | ½ | | F | | |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Iran Behzad Gholampour Mehdi Mahdavikia Javad Zarincheh Mohammad Khakpour Nader Mohammadkhani Karim Bagheri Alireza Mansourian Sattar Hamedani Hamid Estili Ali Daei Ali Mousavi Dariush Yazdani Ali Janmaleki Mohammad Navazi Vahid Hashemian Ali Karimi Rasoul Khatibi Mahmoud Fekri Nima Nakisa Hamid Reza Babaei | Kuwait Khaled Al-Fadhli Naser Al-Omran Jamal Mubarak Ali Abdulreda Asel Nohair Al-Shammari Hussain Al-Khodari Bader Haji Mohammad Al-Buraiki Ayman Al-Hussaini Hani Al-Saqer Faraj Laheeb Nawaf Al-Khaldi Ahmad Al-Mutairi Khaled Abdulqoddus Saleh Al-Buraiki Mohammad Jasem Esam Sakeen Naser Al-Othman Jasem Al-Huwaidi Ahmad Al-Jasem | China Jiang Jin Ma Yongkang Zhang Enhua Sun Jihai Fan Zhiyi Li Tie Zhao Junzhe Ma Mingyu Hao Haidong Yang Chen Bian Jun Sui Dongliang Wang Peng Shu Chang Huang Yong Yao Xia Li Weifeng Li Jinyu Chen Dong Chi Rongliang |
| Women details | China Bai Jie Fan Yunjie Gao Hong Jin Yan Liu Ailing Liu Ying Man Yanling Qiu Haiyan Shui Qingxia Sun Qimin Sun Wen Wang Jingxia Wang Liping Wen Lirong Xie Huilin Zhang Ouying Zhao Lihong Zhao Yan | North Korea Jin Pyol-hui Jo Jong-ran Jo Song-ok Kim Hye-ran Kim Kum-sil Kim Song-ryo Kim Sun-hui Kim Sun-hye Kye Yong-sun Pak Jong-ae Ri Ae-gyong Ri Hyang-ok Ri Jong-hui Ri Kum-suk Ri Kyong-ae Sol Yong-suk Yang Kyong-hui Yun In-sil | Japan Mito Isaka Hiromi Isozaki Kazumi Kishi Tomomi Mitsui Mai Nakachi Kae Nishina Yumi Obe Shiho Onodera Nami Otake Tomoe Sakai Homare Sawa Miki Sugawara Yumi Tomei Tamaki Uchiyama Yasuyo Yamagishi Nozomi Yamago Rie Yamaki Miyuki Yanagita |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Draw
### Men

* Withdrew

### Women
## Final standing
### Men

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Iran | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 21 |
| | Kuwait | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 11 |
| | China | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 18 |
| 4 | Thailand | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 |
| 5 | Qatar | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 |
| 6 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 11 |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 11 |
| 9 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
| 11 | Oman | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 7 |
| 12 | Lebanon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 13 | North Korea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
| 16 | India | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
| 17 | Nepal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| 17 | Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| 19 | Cambodia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
| 20 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| 21 | Laos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
| 22 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
| 23 | Mongolia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |

### Women

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 15 |
| | North Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 10 |
| | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 9 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 5 |
| 5 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 |
| 7 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 1 |
| 8 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 |